Atheist Collection

Fig Tree growing out of a tomb in Watford Churchyard
A Fig Tree growing out of a tomb in Watford Churchyard - the legend runs that a lady buried in the vault from which the tree is growing was an atheist

Cartoon, The Northampton Tandem Tricyclists - two Liberal MPs, Henry Du Pre Labouchere (1831-1912) and Charles Bradlaugh (1833-1891), both representing Northampton. 1885

Cartoon, Will He Be Muzzled? A comment on Charles Bradlaugh, atheist, republican and Liberal MP for Northampton. 1885

Religious differences, Atheism and Christianity
Atheists seek to pull down the Holy Cross, but in vain, for the True Christian, encouraged by divine beings, holds it up while his good lady instructs the young in the True Way Date: circa 1790s

Cartoon, Charles Bradlaugh, atheist MP
Cartoon, Charles Bradlaugh (1833-1891), atheist politician, Liberal MP for Northampton. The lawyers (described here as The Three Wise Men of Madagascar) puzzle over how to deal with him. 1884

Arrest of deputy atheist Brandlaugh for refusing to leave th
Charles Bradlaugh (1833-1891). English political activist. London. House of Commons. Arrest of deputy atheist Brandlaugh for refusing to leave the Chamber

Caricatures, Bradlaugh and Labouchere, fellow-MPs
Caricatures, Charles Bradlaugh and Henry Labouchere, Northampton MPs. Labouchere supported his atheist colleague in parliament. 1880

Caricature of Tennyson and the Marquess of Queensberry
Caricature of Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809-1892), Poet Laureate, and John Sholto Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry (1844-1900)

Caricature of Charles Bradlaugh, atheist MP
Caricature of Charles Bradlaugh (1833-1891), atheist politician, Liberal MP for Northampton. Look out for Mr Bradlaugh on the Third of August. 1881

Cartoon, Bradlaugh, Gladstone and John Bull
Cartoon, Charles Bradlaugh, atheist MP, W E Gladstone, Liberal Prime Minister, and John Bull as a magistrate. Bull says to Gladstone

Cartoon, Gladstone, Bradlaugh and Labouchere
Cartoon, Charles Bradlaugh, atheist, republican and Liberal MP for Northampton, supported by his fellow-MP Henry Labouchere but a worrying presence for the Liberal leader W E Gladstone. 1881

Bradlaugh Triumphs
In 1881 he is ejected as an MP because as atheist he refuses to swear an oath invoking God: in 1888 he successfully intro- -duces a bill permitting MPs to make a simple affirmation

Mr Bradlaugh in the House of Commons
Mr Bradlaugh seen in the House of Commons taking the oath of allegiance. In 1881 Mr Gladstone introduced a bill that allowed non-believers to affirm their allegiance to the Crown

Mr Bradlaugh and the Oath of Allegiance
A sketch showing Mr Bradlaugh being arrested by Captain Gosset, Sergent-at-Arms upon the speakers warrant. In 1881 Mr Gladstone introduced a bill that allowed non-believers to affirm their allegiance

The Atheist & the Acorn
The fable of the atheist and the acorn

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